In 2011, BMoCA launched ARTLab, an ambitious effort to engage underserved high school students in Boulder County with fine arts and an immersive studio art program. BMoCA has presented the program in partnership with Justice High School in Lafayette, Colorado since 2011, and in 2014, the museum began a partnership with Boulder Preparatory School. As Boulder Valley School District Charter Schools, Justice High School and Boulder Preparatory School serve youth challenged by truancy, expulsion, or involvement in the criminal system. Weekly classes, visiting artists, and field trips to museums and studios provide a platform for real-world engagement with the arts. ARTlab empowers teens to build positive futures by expressing themselves through art while also earning credits towards graduation. Through ARTlab, students learn about future careers in artistic fields and to trust their creative voices.

Sponsored by Congdon Family Fund, R.C. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee and First Bank.

Art Stop provides free, hands-on art making for families during the Boulder County Farmers’ Market. Held outdoors on the front porch of the museum, creative inter-generational projects are designed to complement exhibitions within the museum, as well as the colors, shapes, and textures of the market. Don’t forget to visit the exhibitions inside the museum. Admission is always free during the market!

Art Stop is offered rain or shine, so look for Art Stop inside the museum during inclement weather.

Art Stop on the Go is an off-site, outreach program that provides after-school art education for youth ages 5-12 in Boulder County, Broomfield County, Adams County, Jefferson County, and Douglas County. Launched in 2008, Art Stop on the Go has impacted the lives of thousands of youth and their families through hands-on art projects, instructional workshops, and quality time spent with artists, art educators, and museum staff.

Art Stop on the Go is offered at the following libraries;

Boulder County
Family Learning Center

Adams County
Anythink Huron Street Library
Anythink Wright Farms Library
Anythink Brighton Library

Douglas County Libraries
Castle Pines
Lone Tree
Highlands Ranch
Parker
Roxborough

Broomfield County
Mamie Doud Eisenhower Library

Please contact the individual libraries or [email protected] for times and dates of Art Stop on the Go classes.

Special thanks to the generous sponsors of Art Stop on the Go: Boulder Arts Commission, Citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, The Sheila Fortune Foundation, The Kevin Luff Family Fund, NAMTA, Target, US Bank, and Wells Fargo.

Art Experience brings the world of a contemporary art museum to your students. Available to take place in your classroom or at the museum, and adaptable to all grade levels, choose between a hands-on art-making workshop or an interactive exercise in what it takes to put on an exhibition, including a lesson in museum economics. Students can try their hand at being a curator, educator, or director for a day.